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usually uncountable, plural seitans
Specially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food. quotations examples
Pan-simmer baked seitan cutlets in Basic Broth (page 20) or other seasoned stock for 15 minutes.
1994, Leonard Jacobs, Cooking with Seitan: The Complete Vegetarian "wheat-meat" Cookbook, Penguin, page 28
Fifty people […] ordered from a diverse menu that included vegan options like wheatgrass shots ($4) and seitan cutlets ($16).
2007 July 13, C. J. Hughes, “Amid the Ruins of the Bungalow Era, a Weekenders’ Revival”, in New York Times
Morningstar Farms makes two vegan seitans called Meal Starters, chicken and beef flavor, already well seasoned.
2009, Nancy Robinson, Around the World Vegan Style, page 271